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Kelly Clarkson – Dark Side: Music Video Review
1 June 2012 4:55 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
If you’re still lacking in self-confidence/are a social misfit/enjoy dyeing your hair to match your mood/all three of these things then Miss Clarkson is on hand to save your (potentially tragic) day.
Previously on the Stronger Album Campaign: Kelly came back after the slight fail of the last one (minus My Life Would Suck Without You) and performed on big TV shows that reminded her of where it all began. First there was a Mr Know It All which some people remarked as sounded a bit like Bruno Mars – Just The Way You Are and it was fun to imagine that it was a response to Mars’s vom-inducing lyrics. Her lead single went top five in the UK and top ten in America so it was on to single numero deux – Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You). This song continued on the ‘Men are such »
- Josh Webb
Enrique Iglesias returns to Madrid after 12 years - Realbollywood.com News
2 May 2012 9:38 PM, PDT | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
Los Angeles, May 3 (Ians/Efe) Pop idol Enrique Iglesias returns to his native Madrid to offer his first concert in Spain in more than a decade, an event to which he is going after "two weeks without sleeping", he said.
"It's really special to be able to return to Madrid after 12 years," the singer-songwriter, who has sold more than 70 million albums, told Efe. "I can't believe that so much time has passed without giving a concert there."
"I'm happy. The tickets for the concert are sold out and I really want to give the fans a big show and for them to. »
- Shiva Prakash
'American Idol' Recap: The Top 5 Get British
2 May 2012 12:10 PM, PDT | buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news »
In the late 18th century, America kicked England's butt in the Revolutionary War. Now they're finally getting their revenge because it's British Week on American Idol. It makes me wonder if Pop Idol in the U.K. ever does American Week. I also wonder if Hollie Cavanagh is actually a mole sent from Liverpool to steal our nation's singing competition secrets. To make tonight's episode even more enjoyable, sing "For British eyes only!" from Arrested Development every time Hollie walks on stage. »
- editor@buddytv.com
Why The Voice has nothing to do with voices
26 April 2012 4:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Despite its claims, the BBC's hit show is just another talent contest
If you've been purposefully avoiding BBC1's weekend singing contest The Voice, brace yourself because the live shows start on Saturday night. If you're thinking this is the right time to dip in, the premise is that existing shows such as The X Factor or Britain's Got Talent are not about vocal ability but The Voice, as its catchphrase goes, is "all about the voice".
The Voice's pre-publicity insisted that there were no gimmicks. No sob stories. The judges aren't judges, it explained: they're coaches, and they offer constructive advice. Most importantly, the big idea of The Voice is that the coaches face away from the singer for the first audition, and are only allowed to see what they look like if they're impressed enough to want that singer on their "team". This means that entrants needn't boast model good looks, »
- Peter Robinson
Musical Drama ‘Sparkle’ Debuts First Trailer, Poster & Images
26 April 2012 11:14 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
The rise to stardom, or more specifically rags-to-riches tale, is one sub-genre that can make most film fans feel all all warm and fuzzy inside. The beginning of shows like Pop Idol and The X Factor have since made the idea that any ordinary Joe, can make their dreams come true. Oscar-winning musical-drama Dreamgirls, was the last film do the idea any justice, along with hit biopics Ray and Walk The Line. Now may just have another, in the form of the 1960s-set Sparkle. Thn brings you the new trailer, poster design as well as a new collection of images from the film that is released 5th October.
Directed by Salim Akil, Sparkle will chronicle the rise of a group of three singing sisters, and the problems both stardom and being part of the same family brings. The film stars Jordin Sparks, Mike Epps, Carmen Ejogo, Cee-Lo Green, Derek Luke and the late singing superstar, »
- Craig Hunter
Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell by Tom Bower – review
26 April 2012 3:00 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
He's been the linchpin of top-rating TV for a decade, but we still know little about Cowell the man. This book doesn't help much
"Rosebud," croaks Charles Foster Kane with his dying breath, the mysterious utterance symbolic of what drives Orson Welles's antihero to become a monster of his time. A reporter embarks on a doomed struggle to find out what he meant by it – and similar questions are being asked about Simon Cowell in Sweet Revenge. What drives the TV music mogul? What does he mean by it all?
Whether or not you care for Cowell's output is irrelevant. The unavoidable fact is that TV audiences here and in America have spent a decade gripped by top-rating productions in which he is the linchpin, which should make this a story of the age as much as of the man. Cowell has had an extraordinarily sustained ability to gauge and manipulate public taste. »
- Marina Hyde
On her majesty's silver service: expats dust off tuxedos for BritWeek in La
25 April 2012 4:06 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Britons famous, once famous and perhaps to be famous again are beating the drum for the UK in Hollywood this week
For once, there was no shame in being on the B-list: they came from all corners of Hollywood – peaks of fame, foothills of recognition and valleys of the forgotten – to celebrate Britishness.
A female bagpiper in an electric-blue miniskirt summoned the disparate tribe of dames, geezers, toffs and other transplanted Brits to proclaim their success, or mere survival, at a red-carpet gala in west Hollywood on Tuesday night.
It was the launch of BritWeek, an annual series of events co-founded six years ago by Nigel Lythgoe, the Wirral-born producer of American Idol, Pop Idol and So You Think You Can Dance.
"The Brits that weren't very good at what they did went home and complained about how horrible everything was in Los Angeles," said Lythgoe, working his way up the carpet. »
- Rory Carroll
On her majesty's silver service: expats dust off tuxedos for BritWeek in La
25 April 2012 4:06 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Britons famous, once famous and perhaps to be famous again are beating the drum for the UK in Hollywood this week
For once, there was no shame in being on the B-list: they came from all corners of Hollywood – peaks of fame, foothills of recognition and valleys of the forgotten – to celebrate Britishness.
A female bagpiper in an electric-blue miniskirt summoned the disparate tribe of dames, geezers, toffs and other transplanted Brits to proclaim their success, or mere survival, at a red-carpet gala in west Hollywood on Tuesday night.
It was the launch of BritWeek, an annual series of events co-founded six years ago by Nigel Lythgoe, the Wirral-born producer of American Idol, Pop Idol and So You Think You Can Dance.
"The Brits that weren't very good at what they did went home and complained about how horrible everything was in Los Angeles," said Lythgoe, working his way up the carpet. »
- Rory Carroll
Secrets Revealed
21 April 2012 6:14 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
London — He gets colonic irrigations, Botox injections and vitamin drips, and insists on black toilet paper in his home.
A revealing new biography offers intimate – some might say too intimate – details about Simon Cowell, along with a portrait of the entertainment mogul's savvy business side.
"Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell" is written by British journalist and biographer Tom Bower, whose previous subjects include former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, jailed media mogul Conrad Black and ex-Harrods owner Mohammad al-Fayed.
His latest portrait of power centers on the tanned and brush-cut Cowell, 52, who has gained fame in both Britain and North America as producer and an acerbic judge on TV talent shows including "The X Factor" and "America's Got Talent."
Bower says he became fascinated by the story of a middle-aged music producer who struck gold by turning the old-fashioned talent contest into a slick 21st-century phenomenon »
- AP
Eurovision 2012: 5 Entries You Might Actually Like
21 April 2012 5:32 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
It’s exactly 35 days (I’m totally not keeping count or anything) until the final of the 57th Eurovision Song Contest in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan which also equates to 5 weeks because I can do maths me. So, to get in the Euro-mood each week i’ll introduce you to five of this year’s entries all linked together by a (extremely tenuous) link as a WhatCulture! Countdown to the big, shiny event.
First up, I know Eurovision has this stigma in the UK for being camp and indulgent where we can never win because of political block voting (i.e. everyone hates us but Ireland) and yes, most of that is correct, although us sending completely rubbish entries doesn’t really help either. The fact is sometimes, if you give it a chance, the songs in Eurovision are actually quite listenable without the rocket explosions and glitterball drag »
- Josh Webb
Simon Cowell 'tried to restrict biographer's access'
18 April 2012 7:23 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Music mogul reportedly told former girlfriend Sinitta and others they should not talk to Tom Bower
Simon Cowell worked overtly to restrict biographer Tom Bower's access in an effort to influence the content of his book, Sweet Revenge, the writer has said.
The music mogul told former girlfriend Sinitta – in front of Bower on his yacht – that she was not allowed to speak to the writer and even seemed to be able to dissuade rival and former business partner Simon Fuller from talking.
In return, Cowell, who runs a famously tight media operation, allowed Bower to speak to his mother, Julie, in a five-hour interview. The biographer also spent several days at his homes and on his yachts and planes asking questions and gathering information.
Bower told MediaGuardian that Fuller's refusal to speak to him was "a mistake", given that the decade-long rivalry between the music and TV impresarios »
- Dan Sabbagh
Simon Cowell Once Secretly Engaged to Model Louise Payne, Report
17 April 2012 6:47 AM, PDT | National Ledger | See recent National Ledger news »
Simon Cowell was reportedly once secretly engaged to a Page 3 girl. The 52-year-old music mogul apparently proposed to glamour model Louise Payne - who he met in 1995 following the breakdown of her marriage to Right Said Fred star Fred Fairbrass - but was devastated when their three-year romance collapsed because she wanted to start a family. A source said: "Simon was heartbroken. They tried to make it work but it all went wrong. "It was just before he started on 'Pop Idol'. Louise wanted kids and he knew he wasn't ready. "He never stopped loving her, though. He was heartbroken." According to the Daily Star newspaper, which Louise modeled for, the pair first swapped numbers at a function in London and enjoyed several romantic dates before one "disastrous" meeting dampened the passion. The insider said: "He went out with Louise and he had the flu so was feeling really bad. »
Simon Cowell 'was engaged to glamour model'
16 April 2012 11:49 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Simon Cowell was reportedly once secretly engaged to a Page 3 girl. The 52-year-old music mogul apparently proposed to glamour model Louise Payne - who he met in 1995 following the breakdown of her marriage to Right Said Fred star Fred Fairbrass - but was devastated when their three-year romance collapsed because she wanted to start a family. A source said: 'Simon was heartbroken. They tried to make it work but it all went wrong. 'It was just before he started on 'Pop Idol'. Louise wanted kids and he knew he wasn't ready. 'He never stopped loving her, though. He was heartbroken.' According to the Daily Star newspaper, which Louise modelled for, the pair first swapped numbers at a function »
Si 'was engaged to model'
16 April 2012 11:00 PM, PDT | Virgin Media - Celebrity | See recent Virgin Media - Celebrity news »
Simon Cowell was reportedly once secretly engaged to a Page 3 girl. The 52-year-old music mogul apparently proposed to glamour model Louise Payne - who he met in 1995 following the breakdown of her marriage to Right Said Fred star Fred Fairbrass - but was devastated when their three-year romance collapsed because she wanted to start a family. A source said: ''Simon was heartbroken. They tried to make it work but it all went wrong. ''It was just before he started on 'Pop Idol'. Louise wanted kids and he knew he wasn't ready. ''He never stopped loving her, though. He was heartbroken.'' According to the »
The Voice: have viewers turned their back on nasty talent shows?
11 April 2012 5:16 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The BBC series has been a hit despite being oppressively polite – and now a spooked Simon Cowell says he'll tone down Bgt
Simon Cowell's brand of talent show – slick, over-produced, mean to the point of brutality – has ruled the roost for more than a decade. So when The Voice was launched a month ago, replacing the sneering panel of moguls with good, old-fashioned encouragement and pitching itself at a generation weened on explosions and put downs, many wondered if it would fail.
And yet The Voice's gamble appears to have paid off. Its success is unquestionable. It beat Britain's Got Talent by more than three million viewers during their 20-minute overlap on Saturday. It's already the BBC's most-watched programme, TV's most tweeted-about programme and, has picked up more than 1 million viewers since episode one. People apparently can't get enough of Jessie J's gurning, Tom Jones's endless Elvis anecdotes »
- Stuart Heritage
Interview: Five Minutes With… 'Titanic' Actress Ruth Bradley
3 April 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »
Ifta-winning actress and Clontarf-native Ruth Bradley (Love/Hate, Stardust) has swapped the decks of Julian Fellowes' 'Titanic' for seaport city Vancouver as she films the upcoming pilot 'Beauty and the Beast'. As reported on Iftn last month, Bradley has been cast as Princess Grace in the ABC pilot, starring alongside Darius Campbell of 'Pop Idol' fame, who will play beast Shiro. »
The Hunger Games – review
23 March 2012 5:53 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
There's a tang of satire in this televised survival-contest thriller that allows it to outrun the Twilight comparisons
If sport is violence by other means, then reality TV is cruelty, envy, spite and group hate … by exactly the same means. The Hunger Games is an exciting dystopian fantasy-thriller on this theme, taking place in a world of circuses but no bread. It is directed by Gary Ross, and based on the 2008 young-adult bestseller by Suzanne Collins, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ross.
The entirety of North America has become a totalitarian state, traumatised by chronic food shortages; these once inspired a people's uprising in outlying regions, which was brutally suppressed but the relevant communities "forgiven" on condition that they annually supply 24 young people by lottery to compete in a televised survival contest in a fenced-off woodland arena, provided with weapons and food, fighting with the elements and each other until only one remains alive. »
- Peter Bradshaw
One Direction Head Straight to the Top
22 March 2012 2:00 PM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
Getty Images Members of the band One Direction perform on NBC’s “Today” on March 12, 2012 in New York City.
One Direction made history by becoming the first British group to have their debut album go straight to number one in the U.S.’s Billboard Top 200 album charts.
Not even the Beatles–Britain’s biggest-ever music export–managed that on their first attempt.
Does this mean that One Direction is better than the “Fab Four”?
According to experts….Nope.
Gren Manuel, »
- Clare Connaghan
Danny O'Donoghue: 'Voice UK auditions talent better than any X Factor'
18 March 2012 9:06 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Danny O'Donoghue has said he was blown away by the quality of singers at The Voice UK's first day of auditions. The Script singer suggested that the new BBC talent show's acts would be superior to anything ever seen on shows such as X Factor or Pop Idol. "The talent on show after the first auditions on the first day beat out any talent in any finals I've ever seen on television," the Irish star told Digital Spy. "The hair on the back of my neck and arms was standing up. 16 and 17-year-olds were up there killing it." Speaking about comparisons between The Voice and The X Factor, he added: "We are our entity. We look after ourselves. We've (more) »
- By Alex Fletcher
Britain's Got Talent v The Voice: Do TV clashes matter anymore? - Poll
14 March 2012 1:52 PM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
There's been much furore over the news that Britain's Got Talent and The Voice UK are to clash when they both launch next Saturday. Both talent shows will go head-to-head for 20 minutes between 8pm and 8.20pm, with The Voice taking the earlier timeslot. But do TV clashes matter as much as they used to? Back when Pop Idol and Fame Academy famously clashed in 2003, we didn't have the luxury of watching on +1 or catching up on the internet or recording on Sky+. On the other hand, as overnight data has increasingly shown over the last few years, viewers prefer (more) »
- By Paul Millar
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